Please join us for the 55th Annual Clinical Microbiology Symposium on Oct 8, 2026 in Philadelphia. Program details and registration on our website @ASMicrobiology @EPAASMBranch epaasm.org/55th-annual-cl…
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Irv Nachamkin
@nachampion.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and past Director of Laboratory Medicine at University of Pennsylvania-views are my own #ClinicalMicrobiology #LabMedicine #clinmicro #IDsky
Congratulations to all the @asm.org 2026 Award Recipients and especially to our own @pennmedicine.bsky.social Pathology and Laboratory Medicine faculty member Kyle Rodino, PhD for the ASM Early Career Clinical Microbiology Research Award In Clinical Microbiology!
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
Great talk today by @pennpathlabmed.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social faculty member, Kyle Rodino PhD at our national meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in Los Angeles #ASMicrobe @asm.org
Congratulations to our 2025 ASM Award and Prize Recipients including our own @upenn.bsky.social Professor Susan Weiss, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award #ASMicrobe @asm.org
Meteorologist from Florida does a 3 minute report on the administrative cuts to NOAA. Please watch and share with those that are less informed.
John Morales@johnmoralestv.bsky.social · last yr.Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
Metagenomics and diagnosis of infectious diseases in the news reported by the @BBCWorld today. A debilitating eye infection caused by Leptospira solved #Metagenomics #ClinicalMicrobiology bbc.com/news/article...
Metagenomics test saves woman's sight after mystery infection
After years of suffering, a cutting-edge test diagnosed Ellie Irwin with a rare bacterial infection.
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I volunteer my time delivering meals for #MealsOnWheels. I know first hand how the elderly and infirm in need rely on these important services. Call your representatives and tell them to stop the cruelty by Trump and RFKJr and maintain MOW funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Trump Cuts Threaten Agency Running Meals on Wheels
A tiny division responsible for overseeing services for people with disabilities and older Americans is being dismantled as part of an overhaul by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
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The continuing destruction of our public health infrastructure by the authoritarian regime in charge of our government #StandUpForPublicHealth www.healio.com/news/infecti...
HHS closes CDC lab that tracks STIs, alarming experts
The Trump administration has shut down a CDC laboratory dedicated to tracking STIs, which experts said could weaken the country’s ability to keep an eye on drug-resistant infections, including g...
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Thank you Representative Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov for attending the #HandsOff Rally in Media, PA and for everything you are doing in Congress to protect our democracy. @indivisible.org
@asm.org called out (not in a good way) in this opinion piece in Nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At first I thought this couldn’t be a real bill in Iowa but here it is. Unbelievable! #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/... #BanRepublicansNotVaccines
I know so many people over the years who started their careers training in the EIS, this is a travesty for public health in this country. Trump is breaking this country. It was right out there in the open with #Project2025. #SilenceIsNotAnOption #YourVoiceIsYourPower USE IT!
The courts are out last guardrail but the administration doesn’t believe in the rule of law. Whether they comply with court orders is a major concern. Don’t be complacent and call your representatives every day to pressure them to stop the president. Use the 5calls app #SilenceIsNotAnOption
I donated to the World Health Organization Foundation to support their critical mission of protecting global health, particularly in times of uncertainty and reduced funding, please consider, whofoundation.donorsupport.com #1Dollar1World #HeathForAll
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Please join us for the 816th monthly meeting of the Eastern PA Branch ASM featuring Cesar de la Fuente, Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania @ASMicrobiology #PhiladelphiaScience @pennmedicine.bsky.social
Mark your 2025 Calendar- 816th Monthly Meeting or the Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the @asm.org - see our website www.epaasm.org for program details
This incoming administration is the most dangerous to public health in America. We need as many voices as possible to #StandUpForPublicHealth #StandUpForVaccines #YourVoiceIsYourPower www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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See our new publication - an ASM Guideline for reducing blood culture contamination. Happy to answer any of your questions. doi.org/10.1128/cmr....
American Society for Microbiology evidence-based laboratory medicine practice guidelines to reduce blood culture contamination rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARYBlood cultures (BCs) are one of the critical tests used to detect bloodstream infections. BC results are not 100% specific. Interpretation of BC results is often complicated by detecting microbial contamination rather than true infection. False ...
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Another potentially dangerous political appointee for CDC Director, Dave Weldon, who doesn’t follow the science but debunked theories. The CDC is a national treasure protecting the nation’s health, Trump was to burn it down. #SayNoToDaveWeldon #TrumpsProject2025
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2y agoPresident-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that Dave Weldon is his choice to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the federal government’s top public health agency.
#RawMilk is trending again so... A 🧵 on Milk Hygiene and Infant Mortality seems necessary. Pasteurization made milk consumption safer and reduced infant mortality in the early 20th century by nearly 50%. #MedSky #IDSky 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A Brief History of Milk Hygiene and Its Impact on Infant Mortality from 1875 to 1925 and Implications for Today: A Review
The objective of this review is to provide an integrated historical account of the complex, often convoluted events impacting milk hygiene and its res…
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As the great migration from Twitter to Bluesky begins, I have created the "Clinical Microbiology" starter pack to help you find your colleagues. Please let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/VTpSjBL
“Public health experts have warned consumers against drinking raw milk or raw milk products due to elevated risks of foodborne illness…Raw milk products are not pasteurized, a heating process that kills bacteria and viruses like bird flu.” But RFK, Jr. pushes raw milk to the masses 😑
CNN@cnn.com · 2y agoBird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday.
I’m thinking we need a #clinmicro feed and starter pack for those focused on ID diagnostics and clinical microbiology (like me!). ID Dx /clin micro colleagues, I’m looking for you! #IDsky #microsky #micro #infectiousdiseases
My latest for Science Based Medicine. Any doctor who enabled RFK Jr. in any way, is antivaccine, no matter how much they say they love vaccines. Featuring some new arrivals here to bluesky. sciencebasedmedicine.org/antivaxxdocs/
Any Doctor Who Enabled RFK Jr. In Any Way Is Anti-Vaccine No Matter How They Describe Themselves | Science-Based Medicine
If you associate yourself with Sensible Medicine, you are anti-vaccine no matter how you describe yourself.
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